White Rock, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bremond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76629. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Petteway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Petteway quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of White Rock between 2006 and 2020, burning about 418 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3017 |
| 12 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCOTT/FLORIDA RD |
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TAITE RD |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUNN RD FIRE |
| 24 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 82220192 |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VITERA SAND RD. |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VITERA SAND RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petteway | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Headsville | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Bald Prairie | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bremond | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Willow Creek | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Nesbitt | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hogg | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Owensville | 10.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380771. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.



